[HISTORY: Adopted by the Borough Council of the Borough of
Trainer as indicated in article histories. Amendments noted where
applicable.]
[Adopted 2-12-1981 by Ord. No. 499 (Ch. 1, Part 3, of the
1985 Code of Ordinances)]
[Amended 11-12-2015 by Ord. No. 745]
[Amended 11-12-2015 by Ord. No. 745]
All Borough of Trainer nonuniformed employees shall, within
six months of their employment, establish residency within the limits
of the Borough of Trainer.
Any proposed exceptions to this article will have to be considered
by a full hearing of Trainer Borough Council.
[Adopted 8-10-2006 by Ord. No. 688]
This article shall not be construed to change the at-will employment
status of any Trainer Borough nonuniform employee. The Council of
the Borough of Trainer does hereby reaffirm that all employees of
the Borough of Trainer who are not subject to any collective bargaining
agreement or any specific written contract of employment are "at-will"
employees of the Borough of Trainer.
This article is applicable only to Borough employees who are
nonuniformed, not subject to any collective bargaining agreement,
not subject to any specific written contract of employment, and who
are full-time employees of the Borough of Trainer.
A.
All Trainer Borough employees who are covered by this article shall
be entitled to be paid for sick days according to the following schedule:
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Length of Service
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Number of Sick Days
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Less than 90 days
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None
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90 days to 1 year
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1 sick day every 2 months
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Over 1 year
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6 days
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B.
Unused sick days may be accumulated until an employee has accumulated
a total of 60 sick days.
C.
Employees shall not be paid for unused sick days, whether or not
any such unused sick day is part of the permissible 60 cumulative
sick days.
D.
Use of sick days.
(1)
An employee shall be entitled to use a sick day when the employee
is required to be absent from work for any of the following reasons:
(2)
Sick days shall only be used for the above-defined reasons or situations.
Any other leave from an employee's working hours shall be requested
by the employee in the form of personal days, vacation days, or unpaid
time off, as may be applicable.
E.
Proof of illness in the form of a medical certificate signed by a
physician licensed to practice medicine in Pennsylvania shall be required
if an employee is absent for three consecutive workdays. For absences
of less than three consecutive workdays, a doctor's certificate may
be required, at the discretion of Borough Council. For absences of
less than three days, the Borough shall not request a certificate
unless and until the Borough has given notice to the employee that
the next absence, even if less than three days, shall require a medical
certificate. Once the Borough has given notice that the next sick
day will require a medical certificate, medical certificates shall
thereafter be required for each and every absence for a period of
one year from the date of the notice of the requirement without any
further specific notice from Borough Council.
F.
Any misrepresentation as to the reason why a sick day is being utilized
shall be cause for discharge.
G.
An employee shall notify his/her immediate supervisor of the employee's
need to utilize a sick day at least two hours before the employee
is due to report to work, and earlier when possible. If the employee
is not able to contact his/her immediate supervisor at least two hours
before the employee is scheduled to report to work, the employee shall
contact his/her immediate supervisor at the time that the employee
is scheduled to report to work. An emergency which prevents the employee
from giving notice pursuant to this subparagraph shall excuse an employee
from the reporting time requirements for the utilization of sick days.
However, the employee shall notify his/her immediate supervisor as
soon as is possible.
H.
Any injury sustained by an employee while the employee is at work
must be immediately reported by the employee to his/her supervisor.
An incident report must be immediately completed by the injured employee
and provided to his/her supervisor. In the event that the injury prevents
the employee from preparing an incident report immediately, then the
employee must prepare an incident report within 48 hours after the
injury has been sustained. Failure to comply with the at-work injury
reporting procedure may result in the employee's discharge.
A.
All Trainer Borough employees who are covered by this article shall
be entitled to be paid for personal days according to the following
schedule:
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Length of Service
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Number of Personal Days
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|---|---|---|
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Less than 1 year
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None
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Over 1 year
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6 days
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B.
Personal days shall not be cumulative, and employees shall not be
paid for unused personal days.
C.
All employees must make a written request for a personal day at least
24 hours prior to taking the personal day, unless a shorter period
of time is necessitated by an emergency. The written request must
be submitted to the Trainer Borough Council member who is the chairperson
of the department in which the employee works. When possible, the
written request for a personal day shall be at least 48 hours prior
to the personal day requested.
A.
All Trainer Borough employees who are covered by this article shall
be entitled to utilize vacation days according to the following schedule:
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Length of Service
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Number of Vacation Days
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|---|---|---|
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Less than 1 year
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None
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1 year up to 2 years
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1 week
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2 years through 4 years
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2 weeks
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5 years through 9 years
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3 weeks
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10 years through 18 years
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4 weeks
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19 years through 23 years
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5 weeks
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24 years and over
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6 weeks
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B.
Vacation days shall not be cumulative, and employees shall not be
paid for unused vacation days. However, upon the approval of Borough
Council, up to five vacation days may be accumulated. Any vacation
days not used and for which no accumulation has been approved by Borough
Council shall be lost.
C.
All requests for vacation days will be considered and will be granted
by seniority, providing that the request does not conflict with the
operation of any Borough department. The Borough shall have the right
to disapprove of the specific days requested by any employee.
A.
All Borough employees who are covered by this article shall receive
a paid day off for the following days, if such days are regularly
scheduled workdays:
[Amended 8-9-2007 by Ord. No. 695; 2-9-2023 by Ord. No. 780]
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New Year's Day
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Martin Luther King Day
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Presidents' Day
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Good Friday
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Primary Election Day
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Memorial Day
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Juneteenth
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Independence Day
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Labor Day
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Columbus Day
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General Election Day
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Veterans' Day
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Thanksgiving Day
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Day after Thanksgiving
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Christmas Eve
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Christmas Day
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B.
When a holiday falls on a Sunday, said holiday shall be observed
on the following Monday. When any of the above holidays falls on a
Saturday, said holiday shall be observed on the preceding Friday.
C.
Any employee required to work on any of the holidays specified in
this article shall be compensated at 1 1/2 times his normal hourly
rate for all hours actually worked on a holiday. In addition, the
employee will receive the holiday pay.
D.
No holiday pay shall be paid to the employee unless the employee
has worked his/her scheduled day prior to and following the holiday
itself, if scheduled. Sick days shall not be considered as time worked.
In the event of the death of a member of an employee's family
(family shall be limited to father, mother, stepfather, stepmother,
husband, wife, mother-in-law, father-in-law, brother, sister, child,
stepchild, foster child, sister-in-law, brother-in-law, grandparent,
grandchild, son-in-law and daughter-in-law), an employee shall be
allowed up to three working days of absence, with pay, for the purpose
of attending to the arrangements of the funeral and/or attendance
at the funeral. In the event of the death of an aunt or uncle, an
employee shall be allowed one working day of absence, with pay, for
the purpose of attending the funeral.
All employees covered by this article shall receive retirement pay pursuant to the provisions, qualifications, and limitations of Ordinance No. 522, as codified in the Code of Ordinances of the Borough of Trainer at Chapter 40, Article III, as may hereafter be amended.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: Ord. No. 522 was repealed 2-10-2005 by Ord.
No. 668, which in turn was repealed by Ord. No. 693 of 2007.
An employee is entitled to overtime pay when the employee works
more than 40 hours in any workweek or more than eight hours on any
workday. Time absent from work due to illness, vacation, personal
days, holidays, or for any other reason shall not be calculated or
considered when calculating overtime.
